12 Jan 1944
- Churchill and de Gaulle met at Marrakesh, Morocco. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | TH]
- The keel of escort carrier Makin Island was laid down. ww2dbase [Makin Island | DS]
- HMS Activity embarked the No. 819 Naval Air Squadron. ww2dbase [Activity | CPC]
- USS Puffer arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
- USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
- USS Cero entered Milne Bay, Australian Papua, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Cero | CPC]
- USS Flier departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Flier | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Alabama arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Alabama | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- In Italy the US 5th Army opened its offensive on the Gustav Line in appalling weather, capturing Cervaro, Italy. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | Cervaro, Lazio | AC, CPC]
- General Alphonse Juin's Free French Expeditionary Corps launched an attack inland of Monto Cassino towards Castel Sant'Elia in Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | AC]
- 1,000 Jews from Stutthof Concentration Camp arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp; 120 men and 134 women were registered into the camp while 746 were gassed upon arrival. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- 296th Infantry Regiment, a US Army National Guard unit consisted of Puerto Ricans, departed Puerto Rico for the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Allied convoy JW-56A departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom; it was consisted of 20 freighters and was escorted by 2 cruisers and 9 destroyers. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Liverpool, England | CPC]
- John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Tabberer was laid down at Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Tabberer | Houston, Texas | DS]
12 Jan 1944 Interactive Map
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